The town of beginnings was full of people unfortunately for everyone in his group all of those people were either soldiers or some kind of monster, and most of the stores and restaurants were either closed or being used by the soldiers.
"Hey you shouldn't be here, this place is about to be a warzone." a knight that's wearing black armor says to them as he looks at their group.
As Ichigo looks at the man, no the teen in front of him, he notices that the knight is a lot younger than he is, not only that but both his armor and the feeling that the knight gives off make Ichigo feel like he's looking at someone who is in charge.
"You're are part of the group that was just brought in, sorry to tell you this but the town isn't useful for anyone right now." Kirito says to them.
"We just needed a place to rest and wrap our heads around, well everything.' Ichigo says to Kirito who nods.
"Yeah, I know what that's like, hold on a moment.' Kirito says to Ichigo as he uses his help screen to mark a spot on everyone's map.
"You have to get moving, everyone that just got here has to go there, it's the safest place in the castle, so you can train and go from one floor to another from there." Kirito says to everyone as he points at the timmer that changes color from white to red.
Ichigo wants to ask the knight something but his eyes can only watch as the countdown turns to zero.
A flash of bright red light followed by a yellow-green- blue and all kinds of lights fly towards the castle causing it to shake before detonating and nearly blinding everyone.
Ichigo pulls his sisters towards him and tries to cover them with his body, even as the sounds of the explosions make his ears ring, and the blinding light of the bombs going off nearly makes him blind.
The castle shakes as the outer defenses return fire forcing an uneasy calm to set in.
"It's okay breath, it's over for now." Kirito says to them, as he helps Ichigo and his sisters back to their feet.
"Listen I know that you're scared, and I know that it's not fair that all of you are forced to be here but you have to go before the walls are breached." Kirito says to them.
Ichigo feels his sister's hands tighten and had this been any other moment he would have told them that their fingers were digging into him.
He turns to look at his friends who are being helped by a group of knights wearing gray armor that looks as if it was made out of rusted metal.
"It's time." he hears someone say to the knight next to him.
"Let's go." Ichigo says to his sisters and starts to walk towards the location on the map, luckily for them, it's not too far from where they're at.
The walls around the town of beginnings begin to glow with an orange light even as more people start to arrive, Ichigo watches as Kirito sends the location that he just gave him to all of the refugees.
He wants to say something to the knight, but he's unable to say anything when his eyes see that several men and women that are carrying guns and what can only be called small canons start to put themselves along the sides of the walls.
More and more beams and spheres of light hit the outside of the castle and Ichigo can see that the shields are starting to get weaker, he doesn't bother questioning how he isn't able to hear any of the blasts anymore or why he isn't being blinded by the lights of when the attacks detonate.
His feet begin to move on their own and he can't help but pull his sisters with him as his instincts take over, half of him wants to stay and fight while the other half knows that he's useless right now.
At his level of power and experience, he would only cause more harm than good, both sides of him agree that getting his sisters somewhere safe is the best thing that he can do, so he does exactly that.
The castle begins to shake out of instinct Ichigo looks towards the sky before immediately forcing himself to look back down and forcing his sister's heads down when they try to do the same.
The hollows are covering the castle even as they are being fired upon from both the castle's defenses and their own kind.
Ichigo can feel his hand becoming hot again, but he ignores it this time, things are bad enough already and he can't handle any more bad news, unfortunately, whoever or whatever is controlling his help screen doesn't agree and makes the holographic screen appear in front of him.
He suddenly feels something that has never felt before, as he watches the shields that are protecting the castle break one by one until they completely shatter.
The ground beneath him begins to shake as the hollows overwhelm the castle's outer defenses.
Ichigo can only tighten his grip on his sister's hands as they run away and even he begins to hear the sounds of gunfire coming from the town of beginnings.